@jon-payne I put most of what I had saved since I started working down on that Camaro and worked 7 days a week to pay the rest off.?ÿ It wasn't easy, but I made it work.?ÿ As far as doing well, that doesn't happen in any unskilled entry level position.?ÿ If one want's to "do well", one must put in the effort to accomplish that goal, it it is simply handed to you, there is no measure of success.
Lets say you hire somebody with no experience at $25/hour and are paying an instrument man who is progressing between $25 & $30/hour with between two to five years experience and also having started as a completely inexperienced person.?ÿ What do you do for the IM, bump him or her to Chief wages, then bump the Chief to $50/hr??ÿ That would be the fare thing to do wouldn't it??ÿ In the mean time, what does that do to your rates and multipliers, other than make you go with one man crews to remain competitive??ÿ When that happens, less jobs are available and employee safety is compromised.
Look at the big picture.?ÿ Raising wages across the board in every industry does not end up being the feel good thing it is intended to be.?ÿ To make those increased wages happen, the costs of goods and services have to rise accordingly to maintain a profit margin.?ÿ Business simply can not survive working in a deficit situation.?ÿ When the cost of goods and services rise, prices rise and the end result is that you get smaller products costing more, thereby negating the wage increases.?ÿ
